Chapter IX: Physical Training the Key to Health and Beauty 283

The Ancient Greeks the Most Perfect Type of Beauty;
the Cause of the Inferior Physique of American Women; the
Physical Training of the Japanese Women; Improved
Physique as the Result of Physical Training; Increasing
Stature and Improved Physique of American Men; Report
of the Royal Commission of Great Britain on Physical
Training; Physical Training Among the Ancients; the
Influence of Physical Training on the Health and Life of
the Individual; the Effect of Exercise on Brain Development
and Character; the Physiology and Pathology of
Exercise; the Relative Proportions of a Perfect Female
Form; Table of Standard Weights for Women; the Muscular
System; the Benefits of Exercise; Passive Exercise; Massage;
the Balance and Carriage of the Body; Common
Defects in the Carriage of the Body; the Heart’s Need of
Exercise; the Gymnasium in the Campaign Against Disease;
Gymnastic versus Athletic Training; Exercise After
Eating; Effect of Brain Fatigue on Body Fatigue, and
vice versa; Marks for Physical Efficiency; Advantages
Derived from Athletic Sports; Ethical Value of Sports for
Women; Forms of Athletic Games Best Suited to Women.